Bernie Sanders

It was a momentus week for Family Values @ Work and our Network. Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Representative Rosa DeLauro, reintroduced the FAMILY and Healthy Families Acts in their respective chambers. Sen. Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. DeLauro (D-CT-03) reintroduced The Healthy Families Act, one of the…

Last Summer on Twitter, I took some time to correct yet another of those well-circulated Clinton cult myths I always find myself skewering in spare moments, this one the false claim that Bernie Sanders was responsible for saddling the post office with Donald Trump’s awful, corrupt Postmaster General Louis DeJoy…

When I lived in Berkeley in 1976, my next-door neighbor was an old gent who came out to California from somewhere in the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s, then got a job in an East Bay ammunition factory during the war, worked a double shift, bought a little house and…

Bernie Sanders’ recent capitulation to President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign — over a year-and-a-half away from the 2024 election — reveals the con that is both Sanders’ status as an “independent” senator, as well as his entire platform of so-called “democratic socialism.” Bernie is a de facto Democrat While nobody…

And more people in his position need to say it. — Ah, Bernie Sanders. It’s almost impossible to listen to the Vermont Senator speak about the issues without considering what we missed out on. It’s a breath of fresh air to see a politician who genuinely seems to care about the American people, and is willing to address the kitchen table…

As America continues its attempt at Democracy, alliances of the acceptable are not just the best option; it’s existential. Bernie supporting Biden early coalesces the movement for ultimate victory. Bernie is progressive and pragmatic.

The elder statesperson of the American Progressive movement, Sen Bernie Sanders’ support for country-over-ideology was imperative. Sen Warnock’s speech puts our gun politics into perfect perspective. Warnock gets it. Why Bernie’s early Biden support was imperative.

Bernie’s got plans — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has said he is foregoing a run for the presidency in 2024 and is backing President Biden for re-election. But that doesn’t mean he has given up his own dreams of being President one day, and he has targeted Election Day 2028 as that day. …

Is the Democratic Party once again shooting itself in the foot? — I was watching the YouTube channel for Breaking Points today. I used to watch this when it was on The Hill’s site, because I like the respectful back and forth between an intelligent, insightful progressive and her conservative counterpart. The two of them end up in agreement more often than…